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SSADM ELH diagrams
You can use the SSADM entity life history (ELH) diagram to specify the quantitative associative properties of entity relationships, or cardinalities.
When you start a new ELH diagram, the entity is automatically placed; its name is the same as the name of the diagram.
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Select mode
ELH Event
XOR connector
Rectangle command
Doc Block
ELH Node
Operation Symbol
Text command
Page connector command
Note Link, Entity, Normal Node, Iterative Node, Optional Node, and Effect, available in prior software versions, are no longer available. To use a diagram created in a earlier version is displayed, change these symbols to the current supported symbols. Make sure none of the symbols are selected by clicking on diagram white space, and then click Draw > Convert Structure.
See also
SSADM diagram types